Nightfire [Kindle Edition]

Alyson Burdette (Author)

Book Description

When a murder shakes the small town of Peninsula, all eyes are on Olivia Townsend. She may look eighteen, but the townspeople can sense there’s something darker hiding behind her pretty eyes. Olivia knows the smart thing to do is to get out of town. Suspicious neighbors can only mean trouble for a vampire. But leaving becomes much more difficult when William, a mysterious man from her past, arrives. Finding out what brought him back is a temptation Olivia just can’t resist. William’s kindness and interest in Olivia only makes leaving harder. As she starts to fall for him, she’s forced to decide if sticking around is really worth the risk of being discovered. Of course, her mystery man has a secret of his own-and he’s not talking.

Product Details

• File Size: 291 KB
• Print Length: 163 pages
• Publisher: Musa Publishing (May 3, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0080ID326
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #919,023 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Nightfire will set your Kindle on fire June 12, 2012

By Michael Offutt

Amazon Verified Purchase

I just finished Alyson Burdette's Nightfire, and I have to say that this is one of the best vampire books I have ever read. I read Anita Blake (Laurel K. Hamilton), Anne Rice (Lestat), and have read the first book in the Twilight series so it's not like I'm a stranger to vampire fiction.

What I loved:

1) Olivia. She's an amazing and refreshing protagonist. This is a vampire novel told from the female point-of-view (as a vampire and something else). I'm going to leave the "something else" as a spoiler free thing. But trust me...Olivia is not a run-of-the-mill vamp. There's a reason she hangs out around all that water in Peninsula, and I can't wait to see Alyson explore this in future installments of the series.

2) Jesse. Although he does something that is pretty terrible, I couldn't help feeling drawn to his obvious charm. It's clear that he loves Olivia, wants what he sees as is best for her, but ends up hurting her terribly in the climax of the book all to prove a point. I wonder if she'll be able to see that Jesse is probably better for her than William, but Olivia is definitely stuck on William.

3) William. The handsome vampire hunter. Aside from being a tough-as-nails guy he's also got the whole swoon worthy blue-eyed boy-next-door thing going on. I loved every scene in which Alyson explores with this guy. It's some of the best romance writing around.

4) Alyson's prose. She is a great writer. Here are examples pulled from the book:

"He's suddenly little more than a memory, and I wonder if my body has remembered how to dream...His deep blue eyes open wide as he pulls me toward him. They are two glass jars full of fireflies that dance in the moonlight."

"I spit the words out at him, wishing they were knives."

"He laughs, and it is the sound of a thousand birds in song."

Pretty amazing, right?

So yeah. Alyson...when can we expect a sequel? Nightfire has left me wanting more :))

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Read it in one sitting June 7, 2012

By naynay

This is a mix of romance and suspense, which I like. The storyline was well put together, with characters that are well developed, it all jumped off the pages.
If you like romantic suspense, you'll enjoy this book. Just make sure you set time aside so you can read it from start to finish, because you will not be able to put-it-down!

I recieved this book from the author for an honest review....Thank-you Alyson Burdette you took me away, gave me new friends, and I really enjoyed myself.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read - a different kind of vamp June 15, 2012

By Nancy

I just finished Alyson Burdette's Nightfire, and it was not your typical vampire romance. I love strong female protagonists and Olivia is definately one. She's torn by her love of one man, William, and the need to know about herself and her kind from William's best friend, Jesse. It was nice to have a female vampire POV. Alyson's just grazed the surface of this world and the love stories within it.

Her writing is also fabulous. Like one of the other readers I though the line "I spit the words out at him, wishing they were knives," and a number of others were wonderful.

While I have to believe there's a sequel in the making, Nightfire stands alone and stands out. Great read.